I'm not ugly but I'm not pretty either. Everything is in-between. I have eyes that aren't green or brown, but a muddle. I'm not thin but I'm not fat either. the only thing you could definitely say about me is that: I'm short

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.

It is war now, and armies need symbols.

Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.

I don't know where to go. I don't know what comes now." "Don't worry," Will said. "We'll figure something out." Liesl managed to smile at him. She liked that word: *we*. It sounded warm and open, like a hug.

No one can tell us no. No one can make us stop. We have picked each other and the rest of the world can go to hell.

If Cassie was invalidated because she caught the disease, or because Fred suspected her of it, I can only imagine what he will do to me and to my family if he discovers that the cure did not work perfectly.